Soft fold-over collar.



n. SUDIAH. SOFT FOLD-OVER. COLLAB- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1914.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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sor'r roLn-ovna'. count Specification of Letters fatent. Patented S pt;28,1915.

Application filed February 2, 1914. Serial No. 815,877.-

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I RACHEL SUDIAH, a .citizenof the United tates, residing in the city of New York, borough of Bronx,county o fold-over collars, and the object of the invention is a collarof the character specified which, while embodying all the advantages ofthe ordinary softcollar, overcomes the disadvantages, now inherent inthese col- 5 lars, of sagging in front, and thus becoming unsightly.

The present invention overcomes the sagging ofsoft collars. at the frontand their failure to retain their shape, in asimple,eco- 0 nomical andefiicient manner, and, speaking generally, embodies a member positionednear each .of the ends of the turned over portion pf the collar, wherebysaid ends are precluded from rolling, sagging ,or otherwise losing theirshape. Moreover, what is particularly important, is thefact that thepositioning of these members, as specified, enables them to form asupport for the front portion of the band of the collar, adjacent thebutton-holes therein, whereby said band is also effectively supportedagainst sagging. In the specific andpreferredform of practising myinvention, a supporting member is positioned near the ends of thefoldedover portion of the collar, in a substantially upright manner, andbetween the plies of said folded over portion, whereby said supporting.member is concealed from view when'the collar is worn', -yet serves toeflec- 40 tively retain the folded over portion of the collar andneckband thereof, particularly at the open, front portion of the collar,in a smooth, unsagging and tidy manner.

' In' the accompanying drawings '1 have illustrated one practicalembodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to beunderstood as illustrative, only, as defining the limits of the invenandnot tion.

, '50 Figure 1" illustrates the application of the present invention inpractical use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged'front elevation. of the collarembodying the present invention, the same be- 1 ring shown detached fromthe Fi 3 is a transverse section on line 3-3 of ig 2, and, Fig. 4, is a,perspective view of a of the collar is'pref'erably a little'wider thesingle supporting and sustaining member i detached, Fig. 5 1s afragmental view of one end of the collar, the folded or normally turnedover portion being turned up .to show the under-side. In this form ofthe invention, the supporting members are detachable.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a soft folded over collar of thetype commonly worn by men during the summer season. The collar issecured to the neckband-of the shirt by means of the usual buttonscooperating with the button-holes at the front and back of the collar.

The collar overlaps at the front, and button-holes a, coiiperate withthe front collar button to hold the lower portion of the neckband B ofthe collar tightly around the neck of the shirt, while the upper edge ofsaid neckband 13 is held tight by a cooperating button a and button-holea situated on one free end of the collar band and on the other free endthereof, respectively.

The folded over portion 0 is provided with extending members Dpositioned substantially upright near the open front of the collar, andbetween the plies of the material forming the turned over portion,thereof. These members D are preferably inserted and sewed in placeduring the manufacture of the collar, and are so secured by stitching,or the like, that they are concealed from view when the collar is worn.These members may, however, be made detachable as shown in Fig. 5, sothat they may be taken out when the collar is laundered.

The function of the members D is twofold, viz., to maintain the turnedover portion C of the collar in an extended position, and to form asupport for the neckband B, and these features are embodied in thecollar illustrated. I

When the collar A is in place about the neck of the weare'r,its neckbandB is held usual collar buttons cooperating with the button-holes, a,atthe lower portion of the neckband, andthe cooperating button andbutton-hole, a and a at the upper edge thereof, as is usual. At thefront and near the free points of the turned over portion,-

are button-holes, 6, with which cooperates the usual link, E, commonlyused to hold the free ends; of the turned over portion in,

tight circumferentially by means of the proper form, The turned-overportion, C,

the neckband thereof, so that, when positioned on the wearer, the loweredgeof the turned over portion will rest on the shirt bosom, or in thecase of a soft shirt, on the collar bone of the wearer. Thus, themembers, D, sewed in the turned-over portion of the collar, will serveto maintain said folded overt-portion in an extended position, whiletheir lower ends lightly rest on the shirt bosom or on the collar boneof the wearer, and support the neckband of the collar against suchsagging, as is usually the case in collars of this type.

It has heretofore been common to apply stays and stiffening members incollars, particularly in those worn by women. Applicant has, however,conceived novel means for supporting a soft turn over collar of the mensstyle, which means is extr'emelysimple, yet highly eflicient, and is notvisible when incorporated in the collar., Moreover, when the straight,rigid supporting members are stitched in place between the plies ofmaterial from which the turned-over portion of the collar is formed, theextending points of said turned-over portion are held extended, and atthe same time the collar band is supported by virtue of the fact thatthe lower ends of the'rigid members rest on the collar bone or shirtbosom of the wearer.

When the extending members, D, are restcollar bone of the wearer, andsupporting the neckband, B, at the front of the collar, the cooperatingbutton, a, and button hole a hold the top portion of the collar togetherat the front, and thereby ing on the maintain the entire circumferenceof the col-' lar in an upstanding position.

It is desirable, in order to obtain the best results, to make theextension members, D in length, equal I to or greater than the breadthof the neckband of the collar, whereby the lower edge of the members Dwill, at all times, rest upon the shirt bosom or collar bone of thewearer, thus insuring the proper extension of the turned over portion ofthe collar and the supporting of the neckband thereof.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, I have illustrated one method by whiclrthesupporting members D, may be detachably retained between the plies ofthe turned-over portion C,

of the collar. According to this embodiment of the invention, a littleslit d, is made along the line of junction between the turned-overportion of the collar and the neckband, which slit extends through oneof the inside plies but does not extend all the way through the collar,and lines of stitching, d, are provided to form a channel intermediatethe plies. be slipped into the position shown in Fig. 5, when theturned-over portion of the collar is turned up, and, when the collar isturned down to its normal position, the slit (1, will be closed, and themember D. cannot inadvertently work out of place.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

As a new article of marmfacture, a turnedover soft collar embodying asubstantially lip-standing neck-band and a turned-over portion, saidcollar being provided at each end of the turned-over portion with asubstantially upright strip of substantially rigid material, ofdifferent material from that composing the body of the collar, saidstrips being entirely separate and distinct from each other, andapproximately of the same length as the height of the turned-overportion of the collar and positioned in pockets located between theplies of said collar, the turned-over portion being in heightsubstantially thesame as the height of the neck-. the lower ends band ofthe collar, whereby of the supporting strips are adapted to rest uponthe shirt bosom or collarbone of the wearer for the purpose ofmaintaining said turned-over portion in extended position andsimultaneously supporting the neck band against sagging.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RACHEL SUDIAH.

Witnesses C. ZABRISKIE, F. S. Frrzsmons.

Thus, the supporting member D may

